Jamaica, with one of the smallest contingents to the recently concluded Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago Invitational Swimming Championships, mined a whopping 19 medals at the development meet.

The event began last Thursday in Couva, and ended two days later, with Jamaica's eight budding swimmers making their marks in the event, which featured over 35 teams.

The Jamaican team manager Georgia Sinclair praised her charges' brilliant performances, which, according to her, was a vast improvement over last year.

"I am extremely elated about the performance of this small but 'tallawah' team. To have moved from winning six medals last year to a whopping 19 medals is absolutely fantastic," she underlined.

"The swimmers were focused and results- oriented. Every member of the team achieved personal-best times, and this augers well for Jamaica swimming as we enter the final stages of preparation for CARIFTA," she added.

Next year's Carifta Swimming Championships will be held in The Bahamas, over the Easter weekend.